Since the Act of 18 December 2015 entered into force, the interest rate of the legal minimum guaranteed return of the AOP has been variable. This interest rate is published every year by the FSMA on its website before 1 December. For 2017, the interest rate has just been published and remains at 1.75%, the …

The European Securities and Markets Authority has updated its Q&A documents on details of the UCITS rules in November of this year with two additional queries regarding the interpretation of investment limits when a UCITS invests in an umbrella fund.

Intershop has acquired the World Trade Center Lausanne as per 1 December 2016 for a purchase price of CHF 105.5 million. The acquisition represents one of the largest real estate M&A transactions in Switzerland during 2016.

13 Dec 2016 at 04:00 / NEWSPAPER SECTION: BUSINESS The Tax Cost Base Rules for Share Trades Trading shares is a common activity today because various authorities — including the Revenue Department, the Stock Exchange of Thailand and the Securities and Exchange Commission — have established clear guidelines for almost every aspect of the process. This …

The Regulation on Processing and Protecting the Privacy of Personal Health Data ("Health Data Regulation") has recently been published on the Official Gazette, on October 20, 2016 and came into force on the same date. This regulation is not only applicable to the health institutions and the data subjects whose personal data is processed, but …

The Federal Public Service Employment has modified the remuneration thresholds to be taken into account for the application of certain employment provisions for blue- and white-collar employees. Read more

Yekaterina Khamidullina, Associate, AEQUITAS Law Firm The era of globalization and information systems development brings about new non-standard forms of employment designed to meet the modern society needs. One of such new and flexible forms of employment is "remote work" that has already been legislatively secured in most countries of the world.

The European Court of Justice (‘ECJ’) in the Gazprom Case (2015) held that anti-suit injunctions issued by arbitral tribunals in relation to the pursuit of Court proceedings within the EU, are not incompatible with the Brussels Regulation. The ECJ held that the BrusselsRegulation does not prevent a Court in an EU Member State from recognizing …